Does anyone know of any sites which are informative about soccer strategy, etc.? I enjoy watching soccer casually but I'm not well-versed at all regarding the different formations, substitution methods, team management, etc.

I'm sure one of these guys could help you with that, but i'd just recommend watching a little more often, and watching quality teams/players is obviously the best way to learn, as they're the ones that execute best. If you understand the basic concepts, with a little more watching experience you'll be right on the ball.

Does anyone know of any sites which are informative about soccer strategy, etc.? I enjoy watching soccer casually but I'm not well-versed at all regarding the different formations, substitution methods, team management, etc.

ZonalMarking.net is a great place to start.

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Or play Football Manager.. a month of playing that game and I learned more about soccer formations/strategy/positional duties than the rest of my life combined.

ps: I'm Liverpool, in my third season :)

pss: Anyone else play this game? I'm so addicted it's not funny. I installed it on my work computer and play during down times.

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I would start with a pretty good team if you've never played it before. Man City or Barcelona are the two easiest teams to play with in the game. Bayern Munich is also pretty easy, they've got an unreal amount of young talent

Don't play all your best players every game. Use your lesser reputable competitions (such as Carling Cup in England) to play your younger players who need first team action and to keep your players fresh.

Adjust the training schedules so that they are heavy in aerobic/tactics/strength while you are playing your friendlies, then adjust as the season starts.

As far as assigning players to roles, just go through the different player roles, they do a good job of explaining them and telling you which attributes correlate to which role, etc.

PS, it's on sale right now on Steam for $18, normally $30

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I would love it as long as he takes reduced wages. He is still incredibly young and talented. With the Europa League, we need all the cover we can get. Add in AFCON (which could steal Papis and Ba for a month), Ba's dodgy knee and the release clause, and the fact that Newcastle are, well, Newcastle and will likely have trouble holding on to Cisse if he has a great year and it's a no brainer. I would love to have Andy back.

Not to mention Cisse and Andy would be a great partnership imo. Carrol's most overlooked trait is his tremendous ability on knockdowns.....instinctive finishers can kill it playing with Andy. Hell, Kevin Nolan tore it up, Cisse would just have a field day.

Because Badstuber's too god damn slow for us to beat the very best, so if we develop a real fullback (come on Jantschke/Jung/that new kid Bayern bought from Koeln) I'd much rather see Boateng move inside and take Badstuber's place. We'd be a lot less susceptible to counterattacks and between Hummels and Boateng our CBs would still be very strong on the ball, so it's not like we desperately need Badstuber's ability to launch it out of the back.

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JPP is a better and more productive player than Brandon Graham

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Is Shaun Hill a top 10 QB? Definitely not. Is he a top 20 one? Almost certainly.

Badstuber has been a lot better than Boateng last season. A lot better.

He was more consistent. But Boateng had a really strong run early in the season. Plus both are still young and developing, with Jerome having the superior upside. Our CB pairing is going to need to grow together so I'd rather give Boateng n Hummels that chance.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AcheTen

JPP is a better and more productive player than Brandon Graham

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Originally Posted by abaddon41_80

Is Shaun Hill a top 10 QB? Definitely not. Is he a top 20 one? Almost certainly.